Log-rolling device.



, UNITED TA S PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL C. KUESTER, OF OLNEY SPRINGS, COLORADO.

LOG- ROLLING DEVICE.

V "of an improved device of this nature, which may beeasilyand conveniently operated.

-Another object of the invention 1s to mayahly mount the mint hook in the handle in order to facilitate :1 backward and forward movement of'tlle handle without disenga ing he cant hook from the log or other 0 jeet 'with which it is engaged.

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iljodinient, the saline, being illuss ini proved device.-

Fig. is an edgeelevational view of the p "'iiie and i i; lfiig.-'3 -is a detail fragnientury sectional viewof the device showing to advantage the (:ant hook.

Fig. -t is a fragmentary view showing a inodiliod form of the emit hook. 36 My i nproved deviee eonsists of a handle or 'stoek 1 of ordinary construction, one end of which is provided with longitudinally extending recesses in its opposite sides, each oi i which receives one end of a supporting bar. to These supporting bars 2 are secured to the handle l by means of rivets 3 or other suit able fastening means. "lhe tree ends of the supportingbars extend beyond the handle in spaced parallel relation. I 5;; The cunt hook emnprlslng an elongated hodv 1:. one-end :3 of which appreciably lhpiirs, forming a. l'ool,a segnu-nl (3 is formed on the lateral niargin ol' the opposite end of said body and has, its periphery formed to provide it ran-h lmr A portion of the lateral. margin of the body: oppositisaid segmentis extended lo provide lllt'dllll ol" dlle hook :is llllll(';lll'(i al. 'l lulull 8 is, :zmoalml dnnv'nuanllv in spam-d relation to s Git-Luzliuff Doiidod ail. From the above it;

f Speolflo'atlpn of Letters Patent.

4 an opposite direction will cause. the pawl to "lheaboveai d vother ohjects end advan e''bf this invention will be m port de seribedf-and in pin-t understood from the 4 v tween the cant hook 8 and foot By slight] following description the present preg I r the aeeolnpnnying "drawings, in" V i Y f", ng thusfullydescribedmy-jinventionF igui'e l is at side elevational view of my i by Letters Patent is:.; {5

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Patented Application iilediehnhary 1 6, 19 17, isfe r lal N nn be manifest ihnf he dy en ineer 6 blll B'flis an integrali'ea'stin 'giwhiohi s pivotelly. mounted between" the] extended portions of the bars 2, as iiidicated "it ob A pawl 10 is pivotally mounted between the extended portions of saidbars 2 in"prox-; imity to the handle 1. 'Ihefreend lofthejg pawl is thereby movable into the path off the rack 7. In this way 'movementlof the handle 1, in one direction will bodilyim ove the cant hook. V Movementofthe' hundlein pass over said rack v7 without teliingilefieo on the latter. I 70 In Fig. 4 a modification of the invention is shown, in which the hill 8 of the-hook -is; pivotally Connected to thefibodyf portion 4* as indicated flt'll."

In use, it;wil1';of.eourse-: e; app that the log or other .objeclzisjfirst' plaoedibe tapering the letter; engagement-mill be fa eilitated. The I handle I is then ,u'otu ted specified above forlrolling'gthef'logi what'I claim to be'new nndx lesiretosecure portion p voted thereto, thelower pert' f'p said body portion foi'min'g'n. foot' numbed -1" :A cant dog including segment formed upon "one edge t ereof'ad jucent the top thereof, a dog secured to the, body portion opposite'the segment, and a driving pawl pivoted to the handle 1 above" Q said body portion for engegementwith the toothed segment. a 1 -2 A cant dog including a handle, an elon-. gated body portion pivoted to. the handle,-: the lower part of said body portion forming a foot, an arcuate' toothed segment formed 'upon the longitudinal edge of said body- 10F tion, the teeth on said segmentiextend nggtoz f the top of the body portion, a dog secured to the opposite *dge of the body portiolrw substantial disliiiwo l'roln thotop thereof, and a driving pawl pivoted to the handle above the body portion for engagement with 1 the toothed segment. v' o. vant dog meludmg a handle, at pair of spaced parallel arm's seeuredlo the end of said handle it body portion pivoted in 'li-rnimlialo its ends between said arms, the" lower end ol said body portion projmttillg beyond the lower endslol' said arms to louir" a fool, an al'i-ualiloolhed segment formed upon the longitudinal ledge of said body portion, the teeth on said segment extending to In testimon whereof I efiix my signature the top of the body portion a dog secured in presence 0 two witnesses. to the opposite edge of the body portion},

' substantml distance from the top thereof, KUESTER and a-driving pawl pivoted-to the handle Witnesses: above the body portion for engagement with 5 Smon A. Km'mn,

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